The meaning of そう - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
2016年4月15日 · いつもそう思ってるよ。 When you say そう stand-alone, it means that you agree with what a person just said or did. This is also commonly used in verbal instructions, wherein a sensei says he notices that you have received his …
grammar - Difference between そうです、 ようです and らしいで …
そうです indicates a similarity based on direct (probably visual) evidence i.e., David appears/behaves like a good chef based on what you see. In this usage, そう is attached to the i-form of verbs and stem of adjectives. (だ)そうです is a report on what you've heard before.
What is the difference between そうか and そっか?
2011年8月26日 · Functionally it's like they're talking to themselves, which would sound strange in English speaking countries but is par for the course here. 「そうか・そっか」 is an example of this kind of expression – people make an exclamation ("Oh, OK!") to themselves when they realize something, grasp a meaning, make a logical connection, etc.
conjugations - What is the difference between [plain form of …
そう after the plain form of a verb indicates you are reporting secondhand information, rather than your own direct observations. 行けるそう means "it is said that it can go." The negative form is -ないそう: 降らないそうです "They say it won't rain."-そう after the stem (-ます form) of a verb means "looking/sounding as if
When trying to convey 'apparently', when do you use, だそう, and …
Worth mentioning is that -そう is also used to mean "seems", but it is constructed differently. When expressing "seems", you use the stem of the predicate, as opposed to using the plain form. "彼は親切そうです。" means "He seems nice." Whereas "彼は親切だそうです。" …
What's the difference between そうです and そうでしょう?
In this named context, そうだろう should be interpreted as a confirmation of the observation made by やつば, much as suggested by @naruto, who does a good job trying to get at the difference between そうだろう (そうでしょう) and some neutral confirmation (そうだ, そのとお …
grammar - What's the difference between そうな/に (sou na/ni) …
2019年7月21日 · ～そうな is generally used in a context of "seems like" based on appearances. ～ような is generally used when you're talking about a resemblance to something. In other words, ～ような is more directly related to the English concept of a simile, A like a B. For example: 彼女は優しそうな人です。 "She seems like a nice person."
how to use ~そう past tense - Japanese Language Stack Exchange
2017年6月6日 · Yes, 疲れそう means "It looks tiresome" rather than "You look tired". To say "You look tired", you can say 疲れていそう or 疲れてそう using the subsidiary verb いる. Other ways to say similar things are 「お疲れですか」, 「疲れているようですね」, 「疲れて(い)るみたいですね」, and 「疲れてる?」
Why "そう" adds/means "sounds / looks" in "面白 {おもしろ}そう …
2021年5月24日 · そう as an adverb meaning "so" derived from the archaic adverb 然 (さ), which meant "so" or "that way". On the other hand, the etymology of そう(だ) meaning "to sound/look" is not very clear, but dictionaries say it's probably from either 様 or 相. When you see そうです preceded by nothing, this そう means "so".
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2015年8月3日 · 1) 田中さんがそう言ったら、信用するよ。 2) 田中さんがそう言うなら、信用するよ。 ＃1 means "If Tanaka-san says/said so, I will/would trust that." (Tanaka-san may or may not say so). ＃2 can mean the same, but it sounds more like "Since Tanaka-san says so, I trust that." (Tanaka-san actually said that.)